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Dangerous Bull

“Councillor [Alan] Tobin should stick with local issues that pertain to people instead of coming out with hideous and inaccurate comments that have little basis and that are absolutely hurtful to the many species of dog such as staffies and pit-bulls; animals who are troubled animals all because of their built and look.

Mr. Tobin is sadly going to rubber stamp the already inaccurate view that these animals are dangerous animals and that families across Ireland should be aware – far from it. If anything, these animals are hugely exploited by calculated people who turn them into vicious and nasty blood-thirsty creatures.

If we are to rely on this type of inaccurate nonsense from Fine Gael going forward, then animals in Ireland should be very worried. ARAN intends on presenting Mr. Tobin with our 2016 ‘Ass-Backwards Award’ for his dumb comments in the near future.”

Well to be fair to John Carmody it is the entire “species” that is covered by the law, so it stands to reason that the whole lot of them would be upset, not just the more sensitive individuals among them. They are pack animals after all. That’s just like basic dog and I don’t even own a dog.

(Hurts my heart that he couldn’t issue this appeal without the ableist language though. Very sad.)

I know, my flipp’n eyes are stinging from the sight of the word “Ass”…. jeepers there is it again…. Aaaaaggghhhh

It always lights up my day when people go out of their way to be offended. If you don’t like the look, sound, smell, or feel of something you move on; rather than issuing complaints and imposing a weak sense of offense just move over to something that will not offend you, say like cute cuddle kitten pictures :) :) :)

Ridgebacks born without the distinctive ridge pattern, (a genetic mutation bred into the animal which looks cool but is a sign of spinal deformity ) are usually destroyed despite being more healthy than the ridge(y) ones. It is cruelty to animals. but it looks cool though and that’s the main thing so its okay. When is Crafts back on?

And do you keep you dog muzzled and on a short leash when you’re out like you’re supposed to. Your rottweiler may be friendly to you but what if a small child got too close and the dog felt threatened, it would attack. This is why big dogs should not be allowed in public areas unless they are fully restrained by the owner and have a muzzle on.

I know, it used to be the opposite with all the focus on the football in England and dip ins to the rugby ! But we had full MC with Tony Ward adding in his viewpoints( well I only got the last 15 mins). He makes the matches! the best commentator by a mile!

True that. He’s the next best thing to being there. Both Semis are on TG4 and they’re both evening kick offs so unless they stick him on RTÉ Extra (or whatever they call the longwave station these days) it’ll be the cúpla focal for Saturday.

“Councillor [Alan] Tobin should stick with local issues that pertain to people”

He is doing exactly that.

I don’t want to be in the vicinity of some scumbag’s aggressive dog. People have a right to be safe in public. Scumbags shouldn’t be allowed to have these. Or anyone else for that matter but we all know scumbags don’t know how to behave in public.

Some people should not have dog’s and other’s are just idiots like for example, I had my dog around in a little green area beside where I live. I was clearly throwing a ball and my dog was clearly chasing the ball. A women who can see this still decided to bring her child in and allow her to run loose, she was not watching her child, the child ran for my dog who turned to run for the ball and in the process flattened her child. The mother turned to see my dog over her child and went mental accusing my dog of all sorts. I lost the rag and told her to fupp off. Long story short the garda got involved and my dog was being classed as dangerous. Only there is a cctv from the building over looking the green area my dog would have been fupped. So how many “dangerous incidents” are actually idiots just panicking because the dog is not a little fluff ball.

No i don’t, but not supervising your child is irresponsible and freaking out when seeing what she say is understandable, Not listening to what happened because she couldn’t admit she was wrong and trying to get my dog put down is a completely scummy thing to do.

threatening looking dogs are the classical sign of the insecure male who normally always also has too many tattoos, a woman with too much make up and very tight jeans and some horrid flashy car. I’d frankly bring the lot to the RSPCA in the hope they all get out down quickly and painlessly.

The vast majority of deaths due to dog attacks in the US are pitbulls. I don’t understand people who instead they are not dangerous. The children who are killed by these dogs are usually the children of people who were sure that their dogs were friendly and insisted they never showed any signs of aggression.

There is, according to my anti-animal-cruelty sources, lots of dog fighting going on in Ireland, in areas such as Cavan, Tipperary and the North Circular Road. I can’t remember ever seeing a prosecution for this. I’ve met some lovely banned-breed dogs with nice owners; could it be that the aim of the law is faulty here, and that it should be targeting the swines who use dogs to fight, and taking the dogs off them — and don’t even start me on puppy farms.

They need to ban dogs from public areas and green spaces and playing fields. It’s disgusting that owners allow them to just run wild around people and children. Even when they do pick up poo after them there is still residue left behind that if a child touched could have serious consequences but dog owners are mostly selfish as*****s who only care about their precious little mutt and not other peoples safety.

Stephen. I could not agree more. On that note, lets make a formal agreement.

I will sign a petition to ban all dogs from parks when you sign one banning all kids with runny noses or grubby hands from any public eatery, including any kids that cry, run lose, knock anything over or generally annoy me.

The thread of posts on this subject is just so flipp’n funny….. Frantic, frantic institutionalized scaremongering…..

Your right, we should ban dogs from public spaces. “Stephen” would you mind calling to my local Nursing Home and explaining to them why I am not allowed bring my dog into them every Saturday morning for cuddles and biscuits.

They need to ban children from public areas and green spaces and playing fields. It’s disgusting that parents allow them to just run wild around people. Even when they do pick up after them there is still residue left behind that a child touched which could have serious consequences but parents are mostly selfish as*****s who only care about their precious little mutt and not other peoples safety.

So, hypothetical question : everyone here who’s saying how unfair it is on the dogs, would be more than happy to have their toddler wandering around a park with unmuzzled and unleashed Pit Bulls and Rottweilers? Would you really? Or would you not just grow up and play it safe? “There are bad owners, not bad dogs”.. Give me a break..

Well it’s just a massive coincidence that a certain kind of person who is not necessarily the best owner for an animal tends to go for certain breeds of dog. Not the dog’s fault, but that makes no difference to anyone – they still have to be controlled.

I might pick up the kid if I didn’t know the dog.
I’d like to think that at 6 foot I’d be more threatening to a dog than a toddler, no matter how much dog filth the toddler had on their hands.
Or I could trust in a sign to remove the threat

It’s just a bit of common sense to put up this sort of picture as a lot of people don’t know what these restricted – not banned – breeds actually look like. It would be helpful if current legislation regarding these animals wearing muzzles in public was actually enforced.

Dogs like these can be either guard dogs, or house dogs, Never both. There are responsible owners who want a house dog and the dog is trained to like everyone. There are also dog owners who need a guard dog and the dog is trained to guard its territory.
The problem with some owners is that they try and do both and the dog is a liability.

On a side note, Kids should be shown how to approach a dog properly. I have seen so many adults and children just reach down and touch my dog. She loves it, but no one ever checks if it is ok first.